Hey, it’s Laura! Join me on Sunday, July 17 from 1 – 2 p.m. at the Walmart in West Chester (8288 Cincinnati Dayton Rd, West Chester, OH, 45069) as I attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records’ current record and build the world’s largest ice cream cone with Mayfield Dairy! Come out and cheer me on! See you there!

I hung out with Rosie Red at AAA Bob Sumerel this afternoon. They have a huge celebration with special guests and discounts Friday and Saturday at their Forest Park location.

New Movies
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 -- the epic final battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world.
Winne The Poo

New on DVD
Rango – Voice of Johnny Depp
The Lincoln Lawyer– Matthew McConaughey.
Arthur – Russell Brand

Cincinnati Reds
Super Hero Weekend -- Reds Vs. Cardinals

Friday – 7:10PM game – Free Agent Friday presented by Mynt Martini with Singles Mixer and drink specials. Post-game “Super Duper” Fireworks Show.

Saturday – 7:10 game – First 30-thousand fans receive an Aroldis Chapman Action Figure!
Sunday – 1:10 game. First 10-thousand kids receive a Kids Super Hero Cape. All fans, of all ages are welcome to Run the Bases after the game!

Queen City Sausage Festival
Friday, Saturday & Sunday at Festival Park in Newport. Free event with food vendors, a retail sausage shop, daily brat-eating contest, games, & entertainment.

Josh Groban
Friday at U.S. Bank Arena

Bridalrama
Sunday, 11AM – 5PM at Duke Energy Center. tickets. More than 100 local wedding professionals on hand.

Q-102 Dive In Movies at Beach WaterparkSaturday with “Megamind” at the Kahuna Beach Wavepool. Kids 48-inches and under get admission for only .99 through August 13th with a coupon on WKRQ.COM.
James Free Jewelers Diamond Dash
Saturday, 11AM on Fountain Square. Jenn Jordan hosts event. Teams of two will answer riddles and complete challenges during a scavenger hunt in downtown Cincy. One team will win a -thousand-dollar Ritani Diamond Ring. After party at Mynt Martini on Fountain Square.

Top Pick Charity Events

Kings Island For The Cure – Buy your .99 Pink Days tickets now and save off the regular price at the park thanks to Cincysavers.com. Plus, .00 from every ticket sold will go directly to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Greater Cincinnati Affiliate. Tickets will be valid for park admission August 1 - 21, 2011.

Panties Across the Bridge -- Join Jeff & Jenn in supporting the Jaymie Jamison Foundation for Hope! Saturday from 9AM – 6PM on the Purple People Bridge. There will be fun family activities, vendors with food and drink, and booths with information about cervical cancer.

Night Hunters Exhibit Opening at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
The best of the Nocturnal House and the Cat House in one.

Newport Aquarium Penguin Palooza
Exhibit hours 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Admission adults… Children . Toddlers free.

Mayor Mark Mallory stopped by today to chat about a great NASCAR event going on tomorrow downtown. There will be a NASCAR Hauler Tour coming to Downtown Cincinnati tomorrow (Wednesday)from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in the parking lot at 5th and Race Streets. The event will feature five of the race car haulers from Stuart-Haas Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing. Listen to the Mayor below for more details.

New Movies
Larry Crowne – Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon – Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel.
Monte Carlo – Selena Gomez

New on DVD
Beastly – Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris
Season of the Which – Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman

The Reds
The Ohio Cup Series! Reds vs. Indians

Friday, 7:10PM – Singles Mixer and Music in the Fan Zone, Post-game “Reds, White and Blue” Fireworks Show

Saturday, 4:10PM – First 30,000 fans receive a Dusty Baker Bobblehead

Sunday, 1:10PM – First 10,000 kids 14 and younger receive a Bronson Arroyo Plush Doll

12th Annual LaRosa’s Balloon Glow
Join Q-102 for live music, family entertainment, rides and more! Parking is until 2 p.m. and after 2 p.m. No entry fee to view the balloons and fireworks! Sunlite Pool will be open until 9:30 p.m. for swimming and the pool area will remain open for fireworks viewing. Full schedule of events are on WKRQ.COM

Colerain 4th of July Spectacular with Q-102
Monday at the Colerain Township Government Complex. Free admission & Parking. Join Brian Douglas. Entertainment from the Naked Karate Girls. Fireworks at 10PM.
Kid Rock & Sheryl Crowe
“Born Free Tour” Saturday 7PM at Riverbend. Doors open at 5:30PM.

Q-102 Dive In Movies at Beach Waterpark
Start Saturday with “Despicable Me” at the Kahuna Beach Wavepool. Kids 48-inches and under get admission for only .99 through August 13th with a coupon on WKRQ.COM.
Top Pick Charity Events
Kings Island For The Cure – Beginning Friday through August 20th, a big tent at the entrance of the park will be selling miniature, rubber Snoopy dolls for each. They'll be thrown into the fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower, and then one winning Snoopy will be picked from the fountain at the end of August. The winner gets a new Mustang! The money raised will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to help find a cure for breast cancer.

Night Hunters Exhibit Opening at Cincinnati Zoo
& Botanical Garden
Renovated exhibit merges the best of the Nocturnal House and the Cat House in one.

Newport Aquarium Penguin Palooza
Exhibit hours 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Admission adults… Children . Toddlers free.

Cleopatra: The Exhibition at Cincinnati Museum Center
Art & history which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years. Here through September 5th.

Hey, it’s Laura! Join me on Saturday, July 2 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Wal-Mart on 3201 Princeton Road, Hamilton, OH for Mayfield Dairy’s Taste A Palooza! Come out and see me, sample all the Mayfield ice cream flavors, check in on Facebook to receive coupons for free ice cream and more! Bring the kids to experience the ice cream festival! And, you can find Mayfield on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MayfieldDairyFarms?sk=wall to submit your favorite milkshake recipes and enter to win The Ultimate RV Getaway for your family! See you Saturday!

Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips need a final push from fans to get to the 2011 All-Star Game and the Reds are organizing a lunch on Wednesday to make voting easy.

Fans are invited to the Vote Reds All-Star Game Lunch on Wednesday, June 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club at Great American Ball Park.

The Reds will provide pizza, soft drinks, laptops and wifi…though fans are encouraged to bring their own laptops.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto is in third place among All-Star vote-getters at his position and second baseman Brandon Phillips sits in second at his position.

Votto trails Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder by 70,727 votes while Phillips is behind Milwaukee’s Rickie Weeks by only 78,397 votes in the final balloting update for the 82nd All-Star Game, to be played on Tuesday, July 12th at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

The deadline to vote is Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times at MLB.com and Reds.com using the 2011 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Sprint.

The lunch is hosted by Jamie Ramsey, the Reds assistant media relations director and Better of Red blogger: http://ramsey.mlblogs.com.

Fans can enter the main Crosley Terrace gate on Joe Nuxhall Way and will be directed to the FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club.

A similar lunch was organized last July that contributed to Joey Votto being voted into the 2010 All-Star Game.

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Brandon Phillips gives a video shout out to all Reds fans, calling for a final push as we head down to the wire for 2011 All-Star Game voting: View it here.

She's dominated the stage on Broadway and as a character on the TV hit show "Glee." Now Idina Menzal will perform classic pop and musical theater hits at Riverbend this Saturday night. Expect to hear tunes from "Wicked," "Rent" and her latest album, "I Stand."

We talked to Idina this week about her career, marriage and family life. Check it out.